The Brooklyn Mine is a copper mine located in Elko county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,299 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 41.78, -114.78611
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Brooklyn Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brooklyn Mine
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Nevada
County: Elko
District: Contact (48)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Brooklyn Mining Co.
Years: 1912 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1889
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Granodiorite Stock With Assoc. Faults & Fractures
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Axinite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: ABOUT 1889-1890
Comment (Production): COPPER CONTENT RANGES FROM 3% TO 50% CU, BUT AVERAGE LT 10% CU. TOTAL PRODUCTION $5000 TO $100,000 WORTH.
Comment (Development): PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE 1901-1904. 6 CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): BROOKLYN VEIN; COPPER CONTENT RANGES FROM 3% TO 50% CU.
Comment (Location): LOCATED WITHIN BROOKLYN CLAIM
Comment (Deposit): COPPER CONTENT OF ORE RANGES FROM 3% TO 50%, BUT GENERALLY CONTAINS LT10% CU. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 15). FIRST LOCATED AROUND 1890. PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE 1901-1904. MAIN SHAFT IS 196 FT DEEP. PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE AND JURASSIC GRANODIORITE CONTACT TRENDS N 80-85 E AND DIPS 73 DEG TOWARD GRANODIORITE. FAULTS ARE SUBSEQUENT TO INTRUSION. (SCHRADER, 1935, P 19-22). THIS IS ONE OF THE NEVADA-BELLEVUE COPPER MINING COMPANY'S CLAIMS. PROPERTY WAS DISCOVERED IN 1889-90 BY MESSRS. WARWICK, ENGLISH AND TWO OTHERS (SCHRADER, 1912, P 102) THE BROOKLYN MINE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 6 CLAIMS: BROOKLYN LODE MINING SURVEY NO. 1972, BROOKLYN EXTN. LODE MINING SURVEY NO. 1972, BROOKLYN FRACTION LODE MINING CLAIM NO. 1972, VALLEY VIEW SURVEY NO. 1972, KENTUCK LODE SURVEY NO. 4117, LAMONT LODE SURVEY NO. 4118. THE MINE IS LOCATED ON THE "BROOKLYN VEIN", THE MAIN GRANODIORITE-PALEOZOIC ROCK CONTACT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Geology): AXINITE PRESENT AS GANGUE MINERAL THROUGHOUT THE CONTACT ZONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, R.M. (1976) MINERAL RESOURCES OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-56, P 39-45
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1935) THE CONTACT MINING DISTRICT, NEVADA: USGS BUL. 847-A
Reference (Deposit): HOPE, R.A. & COATS, R.R. (1976) PRELIM. GEOLOGIC MAP OF ELKO CO., NEV: USGS OFR 76-779
Reference (Deposit): SCHRADER, F.C. (1912) A RECONN. OF THE JARBIDGE, CONTACT, AND ELK MT. MINING DISTRICTS, ELKO CO., NEVADA: USGS BUL 497
Reference (Production): SMITH, R.M., (1976)
Nevada Gold
Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.
